Thursday, April 12, 2012

The OpenUp! Newsletter

We are very proud that the second issue has been published. The content focuses on the progress that has been made in the past months including the most challenging tasks such as the first OpenUp! content for Europeana and more!

Read more about data quality enhancement and digitising the collections. Experience the whole ingestion process for OpenUp! biodiversity data into the Europeana portal and find out more about the Biodiversity Library Exhibition!

We are looking forward to the cooperation with more scientific partners and content providers to make the online collections wider for all the usefull educational purposes and other diverse applications!

Check out the newsletter online in high or low-ress version here on the OpenUp! website.

Countless natural history treasures are deposited in museums across the world, many hidden away beyond easy access. The OpenUp! project represents a free portal to these resources, offering virtual access to over one million items of the world’s biodiversity heritage. The objects made available through OpenUp! consist of high quality photos, videos and sounds, as well as natural history artworks and specimens, and include many items previously inaccessible to visitors. Information provided through OpenUp! will be checked by scientists and made freely available through the Europeana portal at www.europeana.eu.